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Professor M's Numbers: Week 24 Best Team

Was Charlie Adam really the top scorer this week? - Jamie McDonald

This week turned out okay for me, I must say. In a low scoring week, I managed to get 91 points, going from 315 in the Global rankings to 224. What rankles my hide, however, is that I could have done much better if I had just known the best team beforehand! Actually, I did have Mirallas and AJ, but dropped them to go for a 3-5-2 with Coutinho replacing Mirallas and Cazorla coming in for AJ. That didn't work out quite as well as I had hoped. But alas, we all have such stories, and there is only so much coulda, woulda, shoulda talk even I can stand. So, without further ado, here is this week's Best XI in YFF.

Best Team

Amazingly, you could have scored 288 points only spending £120.7M! And that is choosing the expensive options when faced with two choices (marked with an *). I did manage to have Lallana and Fonte, so I guess I cannot complain too much.

Week 23
Player Pts Cost
R. Lambert (F - SHN) 21 11.09
F. Borini (F - SUN) 20 7.12
K. Mirallas (F - EVE)*/J. Colback (M - SUN) 19 12
C. Adam (M - STO) 36 11.11
K. Nolan (M - WHU) 32 7.22
A. Oxlade-Chamberlain (M - ARS) 26 2.32
A. Lallana (M - SHN) 20 18.2
B. Ivanovic (D - CHE) 18 11.19
Jose Fonte (D - SHN) 17 14.41
David Luiz (D - CHE)*/P. Bardsley (D - SUN) 15 10.46
V. Mannone (G - SUN) 28 15.56
Captain Points 36
total points 288 120.7
on the bench
A. Boruc (G - SHN) 18 8.65
C. Bellamy (F - CAR) 17 6.5
P. Cech (G - CHE) 16 14.71
Adam Johnson (M - SUN) 15 18.1
D. Sturridge (F - LIV) 15 23.38
Top Yahoo Score 176

Keats & Yeats Multiple Appearance List

We have four new additions to the multiple-appearance list as messrs Lambert, Nolan, Fonte, and Mannone show up for the second time in the Best XI since GW10. Bardsley joins an elite group by appearing for the third time, while Lallana is moving even further on up by showing up for the fifth time (only Suarez is better with seven). The group of double appearances is getting a bit long, but I'll give them to you at least for one more week. I split the columns for easier presentation.

Appearances Player Appearances Player
7 L. Suárez (GWs 10, 14, 15, 16, 17, 21, 23) 2 A. Kolarov (GWs 20, 21)
5 A. Lallana (GWs 11, 17, 21, 23, 24) 2 Á. Negredo (GWs 13, 21)
3 J. Puncheon (GWs 20, 22, 23) 2 A. Ramsey (GWs 10, 13)
3 J. Shelvey (GWs 12, 14, 23) 2 Adam Johnson (GWs 21, 22)
3 P. Bardsley (GWs 11, 17, 24) 2 Adrián (GWs 21, 23)
3 T. Walcott (GWs 16, 18, 20) 2 B. Oviedo (GWs 13, 14)
3 W. Szczesny (GWs 10, 13, 22) 2 B. Sagna (GWs 17, 22)
2 C. Eriksen (GWs 18, 20)
2 Chico (GWs 14, 23)
2 D. de Gea (GWs 16, 19)
2 E. Adebayor (GWs 17, 22)
2 E. Hazard (GWs 14, 18)
2 J. Rodriguez (GWs 14, 18)
2 Jose Fonte (GWs 23, 24)
2 K. Nolan (GWs 19, 24)
2 L. Baines (GWs 20, 21)
2 L. Koscielny (GWs 12, 20)
2 M. Figueroa (GWs 16, 19)
2 M. Özil (GWs 14, 15)
2 R. Lambert (GWs 11, 24)
2 R. Snodgrass (GWs 11, 22)
2 S. Agüero (GWs 10, 12)
2 S. Berahino (GWs 10, 20)
2 S. Coleman (GWs 16, 19)
2 S. Parker (GWs 12, 18)
2 S. Sidwell (GWs 15, 20)
2 T. Krul (GWs 11, 17)
2 V. Kompany (GWs 17, 18)
2 V. Mannone (GWs 18, 24)
2 Y. Cabaye (GWs 17, 22)
2 Yaya Touré (GWs 10, 14)

So there you have this week's Best Team. I will try to do some other numbers later, but wanted to get this up quickly. Hopefully next week you'll figure out who will make the Bext XI!

Prof. M